A Brief Report on the Kuchean and Other Inscriptions in Brāhmī Script Presently

Surviving in the Cave 39, Kizil Grottoes……Kucha Academy of Xinjiang; Center for Research on Ancient Chinese History, Peking University; Institute for Historical and Philological Studies of China’s Western Regions, School of Chinese Classics, Renmin University of China

Captions on the Murals from Kucha and Shorchuk Housed in

the State Hermitage Museum ………………………………………………… Ogihara Hirotoshi

Progress on the Studies of the Toacharian Languages and the Maitrisimit:

Introduction and Remarks to Die Erforschung des Tocharischen

und die alttürkische Maitrisimit………………………………………………… Ching Chao-jung

Translation and Annotation of the Old Uighur “xuastuanift” Collected in Russia………Zhang Tieshan

A Study on the “Shi Shatuo Tortoise Tally” Unearthed from Suyab

of the Tang Dynasty………………………………………………………………… Meng Xianshi

From Gaochang Kingdom to Xizhou Prefecture: The Transformation

of Social Function of Buddhist Temples in Medieval Turpan………………………Yao Chongxin

The Ancient Sild Road and the Economy of Gaochang Kingdom: From the

Perspective of Usage and Circulation of Silver Coins under the Gaochang ……… Pei Chengguo